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I'll probably go see the new Star Wars film, but I'm worried I'll end up walking out of it. I need to see some more footage before I can make my mind up.
So you do judge a book by it's cover.
Hello -- I said I needed to see more of the content of the film, i.e. footage. Juding a book by it's cover would mean I would have to judge it by promotional posters, the name of the film, other superficial things.
And quite frankly, what bafflingly inane comment. Because I've seen two or three different trailers now suddenly I in general judge (as your incorrectly stated) a book by it's cover? Maybe you have trouble identifying garbage films, but I've become very, very good at it; but like with anything in life, sometimes some things can be hard to judge.
And then of course we have track records we can look at, if we expand the criteria beyond trailers. We've had three shit on film prequels, a director who's made tow overhyped overrated Trek films, and this is yet another pass the torch to film -- which I can't think of every yeilding a good film, off the top of my head.
I know it's not going to be the Star Wars Christmas Special bad (holy fuck that was awful) and I certainly don't expect to see a Jar Jar Binks (unless it's getting blown to many wonderful pieces).
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And by the way, the phrase is really only good for some situations. There are, after all, books you can judge by their cover.
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The Lego Movie-
about 30 min in I just turned it off. It felt like the first 5 min of the Toy Story movies (the random play segments) extended to feature length.
I understand there may be more to it somewhere in the final act, the movie had run out of any good will to get me there.
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Jun 18, 2016 - 9:41 AM
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TominAtl
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I've never walked out on a film, nor felt the need to.
I'm probably more tolerant to some of the stuff you guys seem to abhor, but even if I'm not enjoying it, there's usually something to keep me visually interested, such as big scenes of destruction or some hot totty eye-candy.
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I am the same way. I have seen countless number of films in the theater and at home. When I was in high school and early college, I had a movie going buddy and we some everything, including extremely bad films, including Lou Ferrigno's "Hercules" and countless others that include sword and sorcery knock offs and Roger Corman productions.
The only film that I can recall not finishing after paying for it though was on video and it's "The Visitor", that starred John Houston among others, and was filmed in Atlanta. After seeing John Ford being attacked by a parakeet whilst driving in his car and thus killing him in a car wreck was just too much for me to handle to finish watching this piece of shit. And believe it or not, for some strange reason, TCM aired this film last year. I recorded and tried to watch it again...I fast forwarded it to the end as I just had to seen what in the hell was this about. It's beyond bad.
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Towering inferno. But then, the cinema WAS on fire. 
there's irony for you.
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Jun 18, 2016 - 12:33 PM
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RoryR
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I've never walked out of a movie I went to in a theater either -- and I went to FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE SPACE MONSTER as a kid, so I've been tested! -- but I did walk out of EVITA when I went to that because it was soooo boring me, but I only went as far as the lobby and eventually I returned to finish the damn thing, Oh, the pain!
However, if you want to count movies watched on video, I've "walked out" on plenty, that being I've either turned them off or changed the channel. As I get older -- and I'll turn 57 this month, Yikes! -- I'm finding I have less and less patience with movies because I can see or predict where they're going and I simply don't have the time to waste on them anymore -- my days are getting more and more numbered by the day! -- and some movies that I'm bored with on video, but still want to see anyway, guys, I've literally watched almost entire movie in fast-forward mode, scanned right through them just so I can say "I've seen it."
And this leads me back to going to the movies in theaters. I'm noticing a disturbing thing my body is doing subconsciously while I watch what are more and more trite, predictable current Hollywood produced junkfood fare. I'm leaning slightly forward in my seat and starting to reach for something that's not there -- the remote control to fast-forward through the boring parts! It just happened to me again on Memorial day when, out of sheer boredom, I gave in and went to THE NICE GUYS.
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